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RF and High-Speed ICs: ECE1365S
Sorin
P. Voinigescu
Professor
Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University
of Toronto
Welcome! My goal is to explore novel silicon systems on chip (SoCs) operating in the largely un-chartered 100-300 GHz range of the electromagnetic spectrum, to demonstrate their commercial viability, hopefully leading to new applications for silicon nano-electronics, new products, new companies and wealth creation. The main applications are in telecommunications, radiometry, radio astronomy, high-resolution imaging, industrial, remote, and environmental sensing. Most of these fields have yet to benefit from silicon technology scaling. One of the many challenges is the lack of transistor and passive component characterization metrology and modelling techniques above 110 GHz., making circuit and system level design in this frequency range even more daunting. To overcome these hurdles, a multi-thronged approach at the device, IC, and SoC level will be pursued. Some of the research topics are
Novel active and passive device noise characterization techniques based on integrating the entire test set-up on a single silicon die to overcome losses and measurement uncertainty above 100 GHz
New 120-160GHz radio and active imager architectures taking advantage of micro-machined high-Q, 100+GHz silicon dielectric resonators, switched beams, and above IC antennas
New 100-300 GHz passive imager and radiometer architectures with “zoom-in” capability based on a large number of switched phased arrayed receivers, on novel thermal calibration algorithms and employing either on-die or waveguide-mounted antenna arrays
High resolution, self-calibrated position, speed and motion sensor with on die antennas operating at 120 GHz in hostile industrial environments
110 GEthernet and wireline serial and parallel transceivers with equalization
Digitally-enhanced mm-wave radio and wireline circuits
Send
your comments to sorinv@eecg.toronto.edu
.
Prospective
graduate students must first apply and be accepted for graduate
studies.
Updated Sept. 3rd, 2009